PUMPS OPERATE, WATER LEVEL DOES NOT DROP
16.03.2015

The level of groundwater, which threaten more than 200 houses in the village of Novo Selo, Medjurovo, Bubanj village are not reduced, say the locals. At the scene Palilula Municipal communal inspection came together with the representatives of the Board of Agriculture. City Councilor in charge of emergencies, Zarko Rankovic told TV Zona plus that the pumps, which did not work at night when the switch was broken, in the morning were on again. The situation is little better in the industrial zone where water over the weekend almost completely withdrew, but now its level rises again.

Around 200 households in Novo Selo are still under water. Although pumps are included in the industrial zone, the water level is not reduced, say the locals. T their houses they can come only with boats and the most wanted product in Novo Selo these days are rubber boots and buckets with which water is removed from the houses and cellars. And there is another problem - outflow of sewage, the stench and the possibility of infection. We're all going to infect. Jaundice threatens us, and we cannot enter into houses, says one local woman from Novo Selo.

At the scene came out Communal Inspectorate of Palilula and the representatives of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Under the water is about 100 ha of agricultural land in the Donje Medjurovo at the industrial zone. Locals say that the crop of this year will not occur. In the company LMB soft in the Industrial zone say that on Saturday the water level considerably retreated so that area around the plant was almost dry. However, the water this morning again appeared. In the City the headquarters of Emergency Situations said that the switch on the pump was kicked out and broken during the night, but it is all right and that the water level decreases. We will try to install another pump, said Deputy Chief of Staff of the emergency Zarko Rankovic. From Staff headquarters say that it is to find a lasting solution to this part of Nis, which last week looked like Venice, a spill of groundwater. Similar situation is in Belotinac where under the water are about 150 hectares of arable land.